[Vm-dev] CogVM crash when printing related to #cannotInterpret:

Eliot Miranda eliot.miranda at gmail.com
Mon Oct 3 20:13:19 UTC 2011


Hi Mariano,

    can you create an image that exhibits the crash from start-up?  If so,
please email it to me and I'll fix this asap.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck <marianopeck at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
> Hi Eliot. I am testing your very last VM r2496, CogMT in Mac OS 10.6.8. I
> am using the trick of #cannotInterpret: and I discover a problem with it.
> Basically, it is when doing something like this:
>
> MyProxy >> cannotInterpret: aMessage
>
> Error signal: 'ups...'.
>
> In this case, the debugger comes in but after one or 2 times I press in the
> debugger line of #cannotInterpret: (to debug it), it crashes. As far as I
> could see with gdb, the problem is in MethodContext >> #printDetails:
> If I comment the contents of such method, I have no crash at all. I think
> that in this scenario where I throw an arror inside #cannotInterpret can
> reach a situation where you don't have temps or values or receiver or
> something and that's why it crash.
> Furthermore, previous VM version, do NOT have this problem.
>
> I will try to dig a little more, but if you give me a hint, I appreciate
> it.
>
> Here is the bt and the stack:
>
> Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory.
> Reason: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at address: 0x00000026
> 0x000d8356 in methodHasCogMethod ()
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x000d8356 in methodHasCogMethod ()
> #1  0x000c7899 in cogPICSelectornumArgsCase0MethodCase1MethodtagisMNUCase
> ()
> #2  0x000d6eea in ceSICMiss ()
> #3  0x13ffc35c in ?? ()
> #4  0x00107a05 in threadSchedulingLoop ()
> #5  0x00108c38 in initStackPagesAndInterpret ()
> #6  0x0005d964 in EventLoopEventHandler ()
> #7  0x98c66c2f in DispatchEventToHandlers ()
> #8  0x98c65ef6 in SendEventToEventTargetInternal ()
> #9  0x98c65d55 in SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions ()
> #10 0x98c9aa24 in ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler ()
> #11 0x98c67080 in DispatchEventToHandlers ()
> #12 0x98c65ef6 in SendEventToEventTargetInternal ()
> #13 0x98c887f3 in SendEventToEventTarget ()
> #14 0x98e11c17 in ToolboxEventDispatcher ()
> #15 0x98e11d4f in RunApplicationEventLoop ()
> #16 0x0005d18a in RunApplicationEventLoopWithSqueak ()
> #17 0x0006ebf7 in main ()
>
>
>
> (gdb) call (int) printAllStacks()
> Process 0x171793f8 priority 40
> 0xbff69d64 M [] in MethodContext>printDetails: 387422092: a(n)
> MethodContext
> 0xbff69d80 M BlockClosure>on:do: 388720820: a(n) BlockClosure
> 0xbff69da0 M BlockClosure>ifError: 388720820: a(n) BlockClosure
> 0xbff69dc8 M MethodContext>printDetails: 387422092: a(n) MethodContext
> 0xbff69df0 M MethodContext(ContextPart)>errorReportOn: 387418688: a(n)
> MethodContext
> 0xbff69e1c I [] in SmalltalkImage>logError:inContext: 340435416: a(n)
> SmalltalkImage
> 0xbff69e48 I [] in SmalltalkImage>logDuring: 340435416: a(n) SmalltalkImage
> 0xbff69e68 M BlockClosure>ensure: 388309644: a(n) BlockClosure
> 0xbff69e90 I SmalltalkImage>logDuring: 340435416: a(n) SmalltalkImage
> 0xbff69eb4 I SmalltalkImage>logError:inContext: 340435416: a(n)
> SmalltalkImage
> 0xbff69ef0 M [] in
> MorphicUIManager>openDebuggerOn:context:label:contents:fullView: 338485116:
> a(n) MorphicUIManager
> 0xbff69f0c M BlockClosure>on:do: 387421948: a(n) BlockClosure
> 0xbff69f44 M [] in
> MorphicUIManager>openDebuggerOn:context:label:contents:fullView: 338485116:
> a(n) MorphicUIManager
> 0xbff69f64 M WorldState>runStepMethodsIn: 338433128: a(n) WorldState
> 0xbff69f80 M PasteUpMorph>runStepMethods 338272244: a(n) PasteUpMorph
> 0xbff69f98 M WorldState>doOneCycleNowFor: 338433128: a(n) WorldState
> 0xbff69fb4 M WorldState>doOneCycleFor: 338433128: a(n) WorldState
> 0xbff69fd0 M PasteUpMorph>doOneCycle 338272244: a(n) PasteUpMorph
> 0xbff69ff0 I [] in Project class>spawnNewProcess 338672796: a(n) Project
> class
> 0xbff6a010 I [] in BlockClosure>newProcess 387420956: a(n) BlockClosure
>
> Process 0x1711e7fc priority 50
> 0xbff5ffd0 M WeakArray class>finalizationProcess 337425280: a(n) WeakArray
> class
> 0xbff5fff0 I [] in WeakArray class>restartFinalizationProcess 337425280:
> a(n) WeakArray class
> 0xbff60010 I [] in BlockClosure>newProcess 387049248: a(n) BlockClosure
>
> Process 0x14a27698 priority 80
> 0xbff60ff0 M Delay class>handleTimerEvent 337430620: a(n) Delay class
> 0xbff61010 I Delay class>? 337430620: a(n) Delay class
> 346191180 s [] in Delay class>?
> 346191416 s [] in BlockClosure>?
>
> Process 0x15d37dd0 priority 40
> 366182080 s [] in SHTextStylerST80(SHTextStyler)>styleInBackgroundProcess:
> 366181744 s [] in BlockClosure>newProcess
>
> Process 0x166a5108 priority 60
> 0xbff61fd0 I SmalltalkImage>lowSpaceWatcher 340435416: a(n) SmalltalkImage
> 0xbff61ff0 I [] in SmalltalkImage>installLowSpaceWatcher 340435416: a(n)
> SmalltalkImage
> 0xbff62010 I [] in BlockClosure>newProcess 376066092: a(n) BlockClosure
>
> Process 0x1711c3d8 priority 60
> 0xbff64f50 M [] in Delay>wait 387040292: a(n) Delay
> 0xbff64f70 M BlockClosure>ifCurtailed: 387932080: a(n) BlockClosure
> 0xbff64f8c M Delay>wait 387040292: a(n) Delay
> 0xbff64fa4 M InputEventPollingFetcher>waitForInput 337872084: a(n)
> InputEventPollingFetcher
> 0xbff64fd0 I InputEventPollingFetcher(InputEventFetcher)>eventLoop
> 337872084: a(n) InputEventPollingFetcher
> 0xbff64ff0 I [] in
> InputEventPollingFetcher(InputEventFetcher)>installEventLoop 337872084: a(n)
> InputEventPollingFetcher
> 0xbff65010 I [] in BlockClosure>newProcess 387039996: a(n) BlockClosure
>
> processes at priority 10
> Process 0x166a52d4 priority 10
> 0xbff63fd0 M ProcessorScheduler class>idleProcess 337424860: a(n)
> ProcessorScheduler class
> 0xbff63ff0 I [] in ProcessorScheduler class>startUp 337424860: a(n)
> ProcessorScheduler class
> 0xbff64010 I [] in BlockClosure>newProcess 376066552: a(n) BlockClosure
> $1 = 0
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Mariano
> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>
>
>


-- 
best,
Eliot
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